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From: misrael@scripps.edu (Mark Israel)
Subject: Re: What is "BASIC" English?
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From the alt.usage.english FAQ file:

# Basic English
# -------------
# 
#    Basic English (where "Basic" stands for "British American
# Scientific International Commercial") is a subset of English with
# a base vocabulary of 850 words, propounded by C. K. Ogden in 1929.
# Look under "Ogden" in your library's author index if you're
# interested.

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misrael@scripps.edu			Mark Israel
